The Politics of Education Reform The Minister of Education and Training, David Johnson, announced the new Ontario high school diploma requirements in January 1998. With the elimination of grade thirteen, or Ontario academic Credits, it was foreseeable there would be changes to the requirements. However, one new requirement appears to have come out of nowhere: All students will now be required to have a minimum of forty hours of unpaid community involvement activities before graduating high school. This requirement is in additional to the thirty credits needed for a high school diploma. Students will be able to choose th